Ms Huang really cleared up my messy concept on Prejudice today so here's my notes for the day. :)
Prejudice comes from the word Pre-Judge. And the definition of Pre-Judge is to judge someone or a group of people before you establish the true facts, understand the true situation and know the person. Most often than not, the source of prejudice is from a single opinion which spreads and influences others, resulting to discrimination in the end.
During the lesson, Ms Huang also talked about generalisations and stereotypes. Stereotypes being over- generalisation. xD Such stereotypes include saying that all Americans are white and more easily related to: all Hwa Chongians are communists or that all Rafflesians are superior in English.
Generalisations on Prejudice (which my group came up with):
1) Prejudice is a biased opinion that has no reasonable basis.
2) Prejudice causes a group of people to have an advantage over another.
3) Prejudice inadvertently leads to discrimination.
4) Prejudice arises from idealisms of superiority and uniqueness in people against others.
5) Prejudice arises from differences among people.
6) Prjeudice leads to tension and unrest in the populace.
That's all for today. Cheers!
Raphael.
The lesson also made me learn a lot more about prejudice too. :P
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